AI Agent Platform Reinvents Spam, Floods Inboxes Worldwide

There’s a 100% Chance AI Agents Are Already Ruining the Internet

“AI agents” now have enough power and permission to be extremely annoying online.

AI agent runs amok in Fedora and elsewhere

Agentic AI systems can be used to do a variety of things autonomously on behalf of a human user [...]

Characterizing Agentic Flooding of Government Services

AI agents are making it easier for the public to interact with government, such as by helping them apply for benefits, understand complex policies, and make their opinions heard. Although...

Why I'm Betting Against AI Agents in 2025 (Despite Building Them)

I've built 12+ AI agent systems across development, DevOps, and data operations. Here's why the current hype around autonomous agents is mathematically impossible and what actually works in production.

Ugly Numbers from Microsoft and ChatGPT Reveal that AI Demand is Already Shrinking

The only areas where AI is flourishing are shamming, spamming & scamming

'AI' Sucks the Joy Out of Programming

I’ve used spicy auto-complete, as well as agents running in my IDE, in my CLI, or on GitHub’s server-side. I’ve been experimenting enough with LLM/AI-driven programming to have an opinion on it. And it kind of sucks.

Our minds aren’t equipped to handle AI

AI is junk food for the mind: easy, tempting and ultimately very bad for you.

Nobody Wants to Pay for Your AI

AI is everywhere today. It writes social posts, suggests email replies, recommends your next binge-watch, and quietly powers tools you use without even noticing.

Most Improbable Agent of You

It is commonly said that AI today is the worst it will ever be.

10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents

Opinion: As software power tools, AI agents may make people busier than ever before.

The AI Industry Has a Major Problem: Most People Aren’t Freaks Who Want an AI Agent Running Their Whole Life

There's a problem for AI agents like Meta's Muse: ordinary people don't seem very interested in what they're offering.

Content Independence Day, one year on- building the business model for the agentic Internet

One year after declaring Content Independence Day, a dynamic market for monetized content has officially emerged. In this report, we examine how the rise of autonomous AI agents is upending traditional search referrals and detail the new infrastructure required to support a sustainable web economy.

AI Is a Waste of Time

The newest AI tools are accelerating basic research and scaring the general public. But many people are simply using them as toys.